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Near Madrid there's a crag called Fin del Mundo (End of the world) with exigent routes, not as easy and confortable as Catalunya ones, powerfull and long moves only adapted to tall climbers and crimpy lovers. There I did an excelent 8a+, just few tries to link long reaches and dinamics moves included a crazy jump to a shoulder, could be 8b in Catalunya easily. Then i travell again to one of my favourite crags, Jaen, were tufas style prevail and were I did easily an 50m 8b. A crazy overhang with tufas and a... ]]>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:08:00 -0500149492014-12-05https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_-dsc0454xa-1417784882.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_duende3-1417784883.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_duende1-1417784884.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_coleccionista-1417784884.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14945-life-in-france-urs-moosmullerhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14945-life-in-france-urs-moosmuller
There are not many experiences as life changing as moving to the other side of the world. For the past six months, I have been in the process of applying for studying abroad as an independent student. This process seemed endless in the beginning, but as each step was completed the more it felt like becoming a reality. Reaching all the deadlines, financially investing in moving, compressing all of my belongings to two bags, and saying goodbye to family and friends marked the end of my time in Reno. It was very surreal leaving everything behind... ]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:57:00 -0500149452014-11-30https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_10672280-10202207211615633-6937219394282626390-n-1417345022.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_20140928-200027-1417345022.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_comboire-1417345023.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14893-summer-recaphttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14893-summer-recap
So I haven’t exactly been the most timely person out there when it’s come to updating this blog over the past few months. I could give any number of excuses as to why I haven’t posted since July, all of which would be something along the lines of “I was traveling somewhere and there was no internet and then I got busy”, but I’m guessing that anyone who reads this doesn't want to hear it. Anyway, I’ll try to keep this brief, since I did a lot over the last two months and would like to get it all... ]]>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:19:00 -0400148932014-09-24https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_final-16-1411568378.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-2-5-1411568379.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_semis-2-1411568379.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_final-18-1411568380.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-2-3-1411568381.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-1-1-1411568381.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14876-mental-barriers-breaks-and-breakthroughshttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14876-mental-barriers-breaks-and-breakthroughs
We all experience barriers in our climbing. Certain grades, routes, or styles that we just can’t seem to get past. Going into the start of 2014, I felt like my climbing had been stagnating. I had a good 2013, but I didn’t feel like my climbing was progressing. I was fit, climbing well, but it felt like I had reached a barrier. Would I continue to get stronger? Improvement inevitably slows down and grinds to a halt, and it felt like I had reached this point. I began to settle into this mindset, frustrated but complacent with my lack... ]]>Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:27:00 -0400148762014-09-14https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_spain-30-1410719255.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_spain-15-1410719255.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_spain-8-1410719255.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14867-senior-summer-done-righthttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14867-senior-summer-done-right
So I haven’t exactly been the most timely person out there when it’s come to updating this blog over the past few months. I could give any number of excuses as to why I haven’t posted since July, all of which would be something along the lines of “I was traveling somewhere and there was no internet and then I got busy”, but I’m guessing that anyone who reads this doesn’t want to hear it. Anyway, I’ll try to keep this brief, since I did a lot over the last two months and would like to get... ]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 23:07:00 -0400148672014-09-04https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_final-3-1409872033.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-2-5-1409872034.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-2-3-1409872034.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_final-18-1409872034.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_semis-2-1409872035.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_quali-1-1-1409872035.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14864-south-africa-part-twohttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14864-south-africa-part-two
Right after we got back from out trip to the Welgevonden game reserve Madeline and I were now on our own, heading to the climbing destination. Driving on the other side of the road and trying to find our way to Waterval Boven. It was three hours east of Johannesburg. Nothing too interesting along the way. More insight of South African life and rolling hills. I started to wonder if there was even any climbing out here. We entered the town and eventually found our way to Roc and Rope's Adventure. We met Alex and Gus who are incredibly... ]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 04:57:00 -0400148642014-09-04https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_17-16a-1409806671.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_07-6a-1409806672.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_16-15-1409806672.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_18-17-1409806673.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_02-1-1409806674.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_21-20-1409806674.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_03-2-1409806675.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14863-south-africa-part-onehttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14863-south-africa-part-one
In the summer of 2013, with no real clue what I was I store for, I got onto a plane, only to later pass out on that same plane, land, and then (after a series of a few more unfortunate events) begin one of the best climbing adventures of my life.
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We had left for Shuteye Ridge, near Yosemite, at 4 in the afternoon and arrived at the Chevron in North Fork to meet up with our friends at 10pm. We decided to continue on the two-wheel drive road until we reached the two-wheel drive campsite. That two-wheel drive road turned out to be quite an off-roading trek. The six of us followed it up for about an hour until the car I was driving couldn’t go farther. We kept sliding down. And so, we got out, and my friend Matthew shuttled us to the campsite. We noticed a smoky... ]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:00:00 -0400148262014-08-05https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_will-roderick-fiveten-1-1407218423.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_will-roderick-fiveten-2-1407218424.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14780-2014-scs-divisionals-richmond-va-at-peak-experiences-kolbi-lackeyhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14780-2014-scs-divisionals-richmond-va-at-peak-experiences-kolbi-lackey
This years SCS Divisionals were in Richmond, VA at Peak Experiences. It was about an 13 hour drive for us from Wisconsin.
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I started my summer with three goals: send The Crew (5.14c) in Rifle, send Southern Comfort (5.14a) in Little River Canyon, and send Dream Catcher (5.14d) in Squamish. Each of these goals is ambitious as each route is very hard. I have tried all of them before. I have been working Southern Comfort for about three summers now and only in the hottest part of the year, which is poor strategizing on my part. I have tried The Crew a few times while I was in Rifle, but I have not seriously projected it. I have only gotten... ]]>Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:57:00 -0400147782014-06-28https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_rifle-1-of-6-1403971060.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_rifle-5-of-6-1403971060.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_rifle-2-of-6-1403971060.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_rifle-3-of-6-1403971061.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14751-scs-2014-regionals-zoe-steinberghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14751-scs-2014-regionals-zoe-steinberg
SCS regionals were a few weeks ago, down in Rockville, Maryland. I drove down the day before the comp, which was also my last day of classes, to stay with my friend Kerry for the night. We ended up having a 4-hour AP biology study session for most of the evening, since we were both taking the exam the next Monday, and crashed at about 11:30 since the comp was the next morning.
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Over the last month, there has been a lot going on for me, relating to both climbing and other things, like school and college. Even though it’s been a bit busy, things have been going pretty well lately, so I really can’t complain any of it. It is pretty crazy to think that I only have eight more days of classes and a three-week internship before I am completely done with high school, but I’m excited to start college in the fall. Things have been going well from a climbing standpoint as well, so I’ll talk... ]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:05:00 -0400147272014-04-30https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_round-2-final-2-1398859508.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_round-2-qualifier-1-1398859508.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_round-2-final-5-1398859508.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14702-final-days-in-guadalcazar-urs-moosmullerhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14702-final-days-in-guadalcazar-urs-moosmuller
Most of my trip to Mexico has been spent climbing in Guadalcazar, Mexico. This place has captured my heart and has been an area where I pushed myself the hardest. There are so many great memories from every aspect of living in this little town. It feels very strange to leave after being so comfortable in one place. I have learned so much about myself through this part of my trip and several projects have forced me to really evaluate myself as a person and push myself to success.
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This weekend I had the opportunity to go back to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, a gorgeous climbing destination just outside of Jasper, Arkansas. The last time I climbed at HCR was roughly 3 years ago when I first started climbing, so this trip brought back some very fond memories. All that I remember from my first trip to HCR was Mr. Magoo wall and a route called Orange Crush – a super fun and exposed 9+ that I distinctly remember flailing on. I made my first trip to HCR just after learning how to lead climb and lead belay, so... ]]>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:44:00 -0400146802014-03-25https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_photo-2-1-2-1395719069.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14572-la-presa-francisco-zarco-urs-moosmullerhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14572-la-presa-francisco-zarco-urs-moosmuller
Over the winter holidays, I traveled to Torreon, Mexico to celebrate with my girlfriend’s parents. We stayed at her families house in Lerdo, a city next to Torreon. Northern Mexico is very different from the central part of Mexico and is a huge desert with beautiful hills and warm weather. The climbing scene in the area is very small and there are only a handful of active climbers who have found and developed a very beautiful limestone area called La Presa. The local climbing area is a 45 minute drive to the west of the city in the hills... ]]>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:02:00 -0500145722014-02-10https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_img-0483-1392066125.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_img-0446-1392066126.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_img-0455-1392066127.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_img-20140108-150814-1392066127.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_img-0474-1392066128.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_1531961-10153703206825459-483409400-n-1392066129.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_1531610-10153703207220459-1202388240-n-1392066129.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14467-a-year-at-the-red-zoe-steinberghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14467-a-year-at-the-red-zoe-steinberg
Over the last couple of years, since i was about 15, I've started spending a lot more time at the Red River Gorge. I am usually there for probably close to two months out of the year, and I've met a lot of awesome people during the time I'm there, with many of those people being the guys that work down there at Miguel's Pizza and Climb Shop. One of these friends of mine, Jon Kulikowski, recently created a video called "A Year at the Red" that highlights what climbing and living down at the red looks... ]]>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:03:00 -0500144672013-11-26https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_5-10-1385481788.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14419-fall-at-the-rrg-zoe-steinberghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14419-fall-at-the-rrg-zoe-steinberg
In August, once I got back to the states after worlds ended, I went back to Philadelphia for another week and a half to finish up my internship at the University of Pennsylvania. The internship was a great experience, and taught me a lot about what I would like to do with my future. During this time back at the internship, I decided to take a short break from climbing, just to avoid any potential injuries. I do this at the end of every summer when the comp season is over for a while, and it... ]]>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 01:39:00 -0400144192013-10-30https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_climbing-52-rrg-2013-1383097172.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_the-red-2012-9-1383097172.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14412-edyta-ropek-finished-the-season-with-10th-place-in-the-2013-world-cup-classificationhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14412-edyta-ropek-finished-the-season-with-10th-place-in-the-2013-world-cup-classification
Last week was the time when three final editions of the 2013 World Cup in Speed climbing took place in Asia. The competitor supported by TOP30, Entre Prises, Five Ten, Azoty Group & Elzat, Edyta Ropek, in spite of a serious knee injury, finished this year's competitions as one of the first ten of the world's best speed climbers!
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The next cave we visited is a massive 80m cave deep in the wilderness surrounding Guadalacazar. The cave holds the largest amount of routes and some of the best. The bottom of the cave is filled with hundreds of stalagtites ranging from very small stalagtites to massive 4m long stalagtites. Just seeing this impressive natural phenomenon is a unique experience. At the deepest part of the cave you can find inscriptions from the local people dating back to the 1800’s. The cave was originally used for ceremonial purposes for the recently deceased, but now sees very little attention and... ]]>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:42:00 -0400143972013-10-14https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0005-1381768972.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0060-1381768973.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0113-1381768974.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0084-1381768975.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0014-1381768976.jpghttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_p1050939-1381768978.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0003-1381768979.jpghttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14381-climbing-in-guadalcazar-mexico-urs-moosmullerhttps://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14381-climbing-in-guadalcazar-mexico-urs-moosmuller
Guadalacazar is a small farming town located an hour north of San Louis Potosi in central Mexico. The climbing consists of perfect limestone varying from bullet hard blue vertical walls to massive stalagtite filled caves of white limestone. On first arriving into the town there is no sign of any climbing and it looks like so many small towns in central Mexico with rolling hills vacant of any rock formations. Then on further inspection you find massive caves in the center of holes in the ground. All the caves are underground with light shinning through the openings. It is... ]]>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:12:00 -0400143812013-10-07https://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0030-1381158731.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0009-1381158732.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0043-1381158733.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0050-1381158734.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0060-1381158735.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0070-1381158736.JPGhttps://fiveten.com/images/jreviews/_dsc-0096-1381158737.jpg